Top Sites to Visit on Cairo Day Tours

Sufficiently understanding the many gifts that Cairo has to offer could best be done if you join the offered Cairo day tours.  Cairo as one of the biggest and most densely populated cities around the world boasts of a lot of sites that shouldn’t be missed by anyone, each one more beautiful and awe-inspiring than the next. Fully enjoying and truly comprehending the real heartbeat of this fabulous city is made easier by availing yourself of Cairo tours.

Once you are ready to enjoy your stay in Egypt’s capital, great Cairo tours would usually bring you to one of these top sites to visit:

Giza Pyramids

Located on the west part of Cairo, the Giza Pyramids is the top tourist destination of Egypt, if not the world. Therefore, it’s safe to bet that your main reason for your Cairo day tours is to visit the Giza Pyramids and the Great Sphinx. Until now this area stands witness to the ingenuity and power of Old Egypt that has become renowned all over. It is also helpful for would-be travelers and visitors to Egypt that the Giza area of Cairo is increasingly becoming the center of food, entertainment, and accommodations aside from Cairo itself.

Citadel of Saladin

This stunning Ottoman Mohamed Ali Mosque was built in 1848, now still dominating the skyline of Cairo. Be ready to be impressed beyond measure by the ornate designs and intricate flourishes of the Cairo Citadel, raised primarily as a fortress against the oncoming Crusaders. The Citadel has long been the seat of power of Egypt until the 19th century.

Shopping

Cairo is world famous for its heady shopping havens with its souks that has remained unchanged throughout centuries to today’s modern world. Be ready to make a stop with one of Cairo’s open air bazaars and be amazed by the marriage of intoxicating sounds, sights, and scents that is uniquely Cairo. While on a shopping stop over, with your Cairo day tours, make sure to see local products such as gold, copper, silver, spices, fabrics, and musical instruments. They are unique, well-made and relatively cheaper than buying them from your own place. Get ready to have fun haggling with a friendly vendor who loves interacting with their country’s visitors.

Coptic Cairo

Said to be the oldest part of Egypt’s capital, make sure to visit this Roman built Babylon on your Cairo day tours. While there, you’ll get to see the famed Hanging Church among the many Egyptian churches built around this area.

Food

Cairo is probably home to one of the most diverse cuisines from all over the world. But if you are yearning for a real authentic taste of Egyptian food, head on straight to Koshary Abou Tarek, home to one of the best Koshary dishes. Koshary is Egypt’s national dish, and you won’t find something hard to like. It’s filled with delicious rice, pasta, onions, tomato sauce, etc.. Be careful though with its spicy sauce.

Cairo day tours is simply one of the best way to navigate Cairo’s many hidden and beautiful tourist attractions, so book one now.